Texas A&M redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel continued his media tour Tuesday with his first-ever news conference. The Heisman Trophy frontrunner, speaking at the Bright Complex on the A&M campus, addressed topics from his summer arrest for fighting to where he gets his athleticism to why he wears No. 2. We did not ask him his favorite color.

Manziel first talked with the media on a teleconference Monday because coach Kevin Sumlin waited until the end of the regular season to make his star freshman available. Tuesday was Manziel's first in-person media meeting.

A couple highlights:

Manziel addressed his arrest in June for fighting and providing fake identification for the first time. He said he made a “critical mistake,” was disappointed about letting down his family. He said he’d made changes in his life since.

“The first thing that goes through your mind is how many people you let down,” Manziel said. “I let my family down, I let a group of teammates and a group of coaches who all care about me down…a truly critical error in judgment on my part and something I’ll look back on as one of the biggest mistakes of my life.”

Asked about his growing legend, Manziel cracked that he’s more “folk tale.” He said he’s also thought about changing his phone number. He’s taken by surprise when people pull up next to him at a red light and wave.

Manziel said he gets his competitiveness from playing sports against his father, Paul, who likes to beat him at everything, including ping pong. His parents are golfers.

Manziel initially wore No. 15 during his redshirt season but switched to No. 2. He said he took 15 because he had no choice and was just happy to be in the locker room.

Manziel continued to say all the right things about potentially winning the Heisman. He said if freshman bias somehow prevents him from winning, “that’s just how the cookie crumbles.”

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